Electrics all turn off after a while

for msfs2024

This is without a doubt one of the best freeware GA aircraft available, I'd love to see the option to remove the cowling and look at the engine or some sort of tablet integrated for managing the airplane, the 3d model of the engine is incredible! it would be awesome to be able to look at it with the cowl off.

To DownedAviator

Sorry to hear the Electrical change did not work.

I see the emojis. They were not there when I read my post yesterday. The wierd formatting of my text was. Footwell lights are white and they don't bother me because my seating position in the cockpit is high enough.

Sorry again.

I fly the RV-7A exclusively but have had the same disappointments when the new G3x version became available. Namely:
- the voltage problem discussed below
- the lights being on in the footwell below the dashboard
-the CG is too far forward and doesn't move with weight adjustments
-Not having the payware G3x so the setting to connect to the Autopilot to do a ILS approach is greyed out (unavailable)
- This last one is a personal one that varies from person to person- But- the takeoff characteristics where it sticks to the runway until about 80 Kts or full back on the elevator at which time it jumps (comes unglued) from the pavement and goes nose-up unless you corrected.

If you're comfortable with file modification, use the notepad to change the following four lines near the top of the [ELECTRICAL] part of the aircraft systems.cfg file with the following. Remember to make a copy of the file first.

battery.1 = Connections:bus.1#Capacity:15#Voltage:curve.1#Name:Main_Battery ; Main Battery
alternator.1 = Connections:bus.1#IEng:0#RatedVoltage:14#Load:curve.2#Name:Alternator
curve.1 = 0:11, 0.1:11.5, 0.5:12, 0.9:12.3, 1:12.5 ; Battery voltage for capacity %
curve.2 = 500:0,600:42,1100:55,1600:60 ; Load from RPM table 15A at idle & 35 at 1600rpm
This should give you a positive battery charge rate.

I don't know how to change the footwell lights without shutting them all off but I never look below the panel when flying, can't activate the ILS since I don't have the payware G3x and, have adjusted load and flight charateristics to my liking.

So, even with the remaining faults, I still love flying the RV-7A.

Still love flying the RV-7

Glad I never downloaded this plane, what a disaster

Like many other people I am not moving to MSFS2024.

So I recently downloaded this plane for MSFS2020 based on the very good reviews it had when it was first released.

Unfortunately the latest version available has a few problems.

The most serious is that the electrical system dies completely after a short while even when the engine has never been started and nothing has even been switched on.

It seems like the battery gets drained by something even if nothing is in use and with the engine running the alternator is not functioning to run the electrics and charge the battery.

Sadly it appears that this version has been abandoned now that the author has moved on to MSFS2024.

Also I would have preferred the Garmin G1000NXi system.

watch your voltage; alternator doesnt keep up on G3X panel so shut down electrical stuff if you fly cross country

Superb work...!!!

Way superior to so many payware addons, thank you very much.

Hi!
Thanks for this nice aircraft. Two comments however:
- tailwheel is extremely sensitive, never flown a Van's before but it feels a little much, guess I'll have to tune the sensitivity
- more annoyingly, even at full power, the alternator gives out -4 amps, so after about 30 minutes the battery dies. I haven't looked into the .cfg files yet for the source of the problem.
Cheers!

Hey a long awaited update finally got here! But disappointingly, the extra bright lighting still exists in the rudder pedal footwells, and unless I'm missing something, can't be turned off or at least dimmed.

Download seems to be borked, any idea why? I've been unable to download several files on this website, so it seems to be an ongoing issue. Not sure whether it's on my end or not. Any thoughts on this would be helpful :)

Must- have payware level add-on aircraft. Works and looks awesome! Thanks for sharing your hard work!

Absolutely love this plane! its probably just me not knowing, I can't get the center HUD to turn on

This plane is amazing! I've used all 4 versions and they all fly like a dream with no issues. Thank you!!

Best freeware plane I've found.

I've had a ball exploring its stall characteristics!

Sorry, no 3D model updates for now. I'm currently unable to export the new 3D model from Blender to MSFS2020, and it's also not possible to build the new package in MSFS2020. The new build now supports TDS GTNXi as the default variant https://tdssim.com/ - Added TDS GTN as the default variant. PMS50 is now available as an extra variant. - Fixed electrical system. - Fixed G3X data. - Fixed interior lights. - Updated flight model.